Chapter 176 Yimou Takes Off the Camera and Turns Evil to Ziyi

The movie theater is not big. There is a large piece of white cloth in the air in front of it, and dozens of benches are placed very casually.

The light cord is pulled down with a "snap", and the machine emits a straight tube of light in the dark. The projectionist adjusts the lens twice, and the movie is officially shown.

The Chinese film market has been prosperous. In the 1980s, a movie called "Shaolin Temple" had a ticket price of one cent at the time, and the movie eventually made over 100 million yuan at the box office.

The media advocated the rise of Chinese films to catch up with the UK and the US.

In the 1990s, the Chinese mainland film market was completely on the verge of death.

From 10.5 billion movie viewings in 1992, it dropped sharply to 2 billion in 1998.

As the market shrank, countless cinemas closed down, and film practitioners withdrew sadly.

The first difficulty facing a Chinese director is not the director's level, but how to deceive, abduct, and persuade the audience...

No matter what means are used, as long as the audience is willing to buy tickets and step into the cinema, the director's career is more than half successful!

In 1997, Feng Xiaogang's "Party A and Party B" dealt a heavy blow to the film industry.

Although this guy has a perverse personality, he is a wolf in the mountains, arrogant and domineering, pointing at the noses of seniors in the film industry and shouting: "Whatever I shoot, it will be a box office success. There is no way. Who can surpass me? Find someone for me, don't let me be alone to seek defeat."

But he is the most handsome boy in the film industry!

The air in the screening room is cramped.

Zhang Yimou lowered his baseball cap and stared at the big screen for a few minutes, quite bored.

From a professional perspective, the composition, color, and camera movement of "Love Spicy Hot Pot" are all very immature.

From the perspective of the actors' level, the male and female actors in the first clip "Voice", the female actor is Gao Yuanyuan, and the other one is not remembered.

Zhang Yimou can remember Gao Yuanyuan because the newspaper said that she has a close relationship with Xu Chen. To put it bluntly, she is Xu Chen's mistress.

The acting is terrible.

In fact, other audiences in the screening room also don't buy it. At this time, there is no awareness of civilized viewing.

I spent money to watch this, RNM, give me back my money!

Some people couldn't sit still and turned their heads to vent their anger at the staff: "It's the projection, what's going on, why hasn't Xu Chen come out yet, and isn't this Gao Yuanyuan acting with Xu Chen, where is Xu Chen!"

"That's right, the newspaper said it was the first movie Xu Chen participated in, and it's already 20 minutes, where is Xu Chen..."

"I haven't bought a ticket to watch a movie for decades, and I'm cheating after watching it once, right? It's a scam, RNM, give me back my money!"

Zhang Yimou's thick eyebrows were knitted tightly. If the audience doesn't respect the hard work of filmmakers, how can domestic movies be good?

Besides, watching a movie should focus on the essence of the movie, what's the point of watching the actors?

Go back and teach Xu Chen a lesson, his acting skills can't be too bad, at least not like his mistress.

The audience in the cinema was clamoring, and it was clear that they bought tickets for Xu Chen to watch the movie.

He made the right decision to find Xu Chen to star in his next movie "My Father and Mother".

"Why are you arguing? Why don't you go out and watch it? There are four stories in the movie. This is just the first story. Why are you so impatient?" The projectionist has a bad temper.

He retorted and lazily said: "Xu Chen is in the next story. Hey, it's so exciting. Xu Jinglei and him kiss passionately. It's so beautiful~"

The audience was shocked.

The audience were all young men and women who were dating and didn't even touch each other's hands.

Xu Chen kissed Xu Jinglei passionately. In the dark environment, maybe the blood was too hot and the window paper was broken.

"Love Spicy Hot Pot" has five stories. The first story "Voice" is about the immature love in the ignorant youth.

The second story "Photo" is about the lonely souls of urban men and women.

On the big screen, Xu Chen took a camera to take pictures of a couple on the street. Lin Yuqing, a girl with long hair, accidentally entered his lens.

The whole story line is driven by him.

The story of "Photo" is the story of urban young men and women, or in other words, it is the story of them talking about love in front of the big screen.

The story is told in an orderly manner.

Xia Xiaowan, played by Xu Chen, brought Lin Yuqing, played by Xu Jinglei, to his rental house.

In the ambiguous warm red light, the fan blades moved, blowing Lin Yuqing's photo swaying.

Xu Chen's tall body covered Xu Jinglei, panting restlessly, and their lips touched each other for a moment.

Under the silhouette of the camera, Lin Yuqing was wearing a tight white vest, showing her curves, her eyes were blurred, and her eyes were full of water. She raised her chin and stared at Xu Chen, like a peeled egg, white as egg white, yellow as egg heart, and exposed wantonly, allowing Xu Chen to pick and taste.

"Gurgle~"

Before the movie, the young man swallowed his saliva in his throat and blushed, especially in the dark movie theater, his arm seemed to rub the skin of his girlfriend beside him.

In the movie, the two lonely souls were like soft octopuses, extending their sweet tentacles to touch each other, and the sand on the seabed was restless and ambiguously lingering.

In the end, the male octopus's tentacles fiercely entangled the female octopus's tentacles, greedily picking and crushing them. The whole scene was sticky and wet, with a kind of dampness and sultryness of a tropical rainforest.

The cinema was dark and silent.

The young man mustered up his courage, and his fingertips carefully touched his girlfriend's soft palm, and then clasped his fingers tightly, with an indescribable throbbing and heat lingering.

The young man blushed and quietly pulled his pants, which was coquettish and smelly.

At this moment, looking at the big screen of the movie, the young man had only one thought: "Xu Chen is awesome."

"Brother Zhang, Xu Chen is not bad!" Gong Li turned her head to look at the screening room.

The corner of her mouth smiled knowingly.

I have to say that the first clip "Voice" and the second clip "Photo" of "Love Malatang" simply don't look like they were shot by a single director.

The actors and actresses in "The Voice" are too young, lack charm, and look dry.

"Photo" Xu Chen and Xu Jinglei are very mature. Their eyes and emotional exchanges always give people the feeling of a volcano ready to explode.

The scene shows two people in a rental house, looking at each other, pulling to the limit, or...

flirt!

The entire "Photograph" is completely alive.

It’s not that Xu Chen and Xu Jinglei are good at acting.

Gong Li, an international movie queen, has a deep understanding of acting skills, which are the most important talents and skills of an actor.

Xu Chen doesn't have it all, his acting skills are very green and even looks rough.

Gong Li thought for a while, digging out a spring in the dry desert, and the spring water flowing freely was Xu Chen's acting skills.

There are springs everywhere, and spring water can flow everywhere, but in the desert, it is rare and valuable!

Xia Xiaowan was very suitable for him. Gong Li smiled softly and shook her head. Rather than saying that Xia Xiaowan was suitable for Xu Chen, it was better to say that flirting was suitable for Xu Chen.

"It's really good. Xu Chen is in a very relaxed state." Zhang Yimou stared at the big screen.

The first shining point of the movie.

The lighting and camera are very rough, but the tension between the eyes of the man and woman, the progression of emotions, and the final burst of turbulent admiration are impressive.

When processing the lens, I chose a blurred lens, which is beautiful but unreal.

Zhang Yimou now sees Zhang Yang's ingenuity. Through several scenes, he filmed the ups and downs of love, which is rare in China.

Zhang Yimou's confidence in Xu Chen doubled.

The young man is very talented and is very relaxed when acting. As long as he trains him well, he may not lose to a professional actor!

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After the second story "Photo", the atmosphere in the screening room was very harmonious, and I even looked forward to the movie being longer.

nonsense.

Holding your girlfriend's little hand and smelling her sweet, soft aroma, does it matter what movie you watch?

The 80 minutes of "Love Malatang" ended quickly.

The audience was still unsatisfied. After leaving the cinema, the young man tentatively asked: "Would you like to watch it again? I think Xu Chen's performance is quite good. I didn't expect that he could be so..."

"Then what?" The girl's face turned slightly hot.

While filming a movie, I almost fell in love with each other. I turned my head and stared at my boyfriend's lips, and the ambiguity arose spontaneously.

"That's great!"

The young man held his girlfriend's hand, turned and rushed to the cinema, shouting excitedly: "Two love hotpots, in the corner, what, you need extra money!"

"No problem, just add more. I just want the one in the corner. By the way, I want some paper towels, um...mineral water too! And some chewing gum too!"

There were reporters squatting at the entrance of the cinema to conduct interviews.

The promotion of "Love Malatang" is not low in the mainland. After all, the Chinese pop king Xu Chen is involved in the film industry's first film.

If Xu Chen's acting skills fail, we will criticize him for not doing his job properly, for not respecting the actor's profession, for failing to live up to the expectations of the mainland music scene, and for defrauding fans of their money...

In short, it is wrong for Xu Chen to play music and not engage in other activities, but engage in Xu... and engage in movies!

In 1998, domestic films had very few commercial attributes. Directors and actors pursued both virtue and art, artistic life, talking about money, it was too vulgar, and they had a fearless spirit that regarded money as dirt.

As a result, it is no longer available for sale, and the movie has no guarantee. This old man gave up his life for five buckets of rice. There is no way, so let’s focus on business.

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The reporter immediately caught a young couple.

The couple looked very sweet, with their fingers clasped together, and they were about to hit a tree.

The reporter caught him and asked with a smile: "What movie did you watch?"

The young couple looked at each other, and the young man squeezed his girlfriend's soft little hand and said shyly: "It's so spicy."

"Do you think this movie is good?"

"It's okay, I didn't even look at it, I just remember..." The young man stopped talking, because if he said anything else, the secret would be revealed.

The reporter's eyes lit up and he asked bewilderedly: "Is it because Xu Chen wasn't good at acting? For example, his accent was awkward and his acting skills were awkward, so he came out in the middle."

"What are you talking about as a reporter? You've watched the movie and you're just talking nonsense. Why is Xu Chen's acting bad?" The girlfriend stared, unwilling to give up.

"Xu Chen's acting skills are pretty good. I just watched his play, and the actress Xu Jinglei who plays the role is also good."

The young man hugged his girlfriend, raised his head, and asked, "Are Xu Chen and Xu Jinglei boyfriend and girlfriend? I think their kiss is quite real."

"Thank you!" the reporter said goodbye decisively.

After a round of interviews, the reporter dug into his pocket and pulled out a few small coins, and his heart skipped a beat: "They all say that Xu Chen's acting is good, but I want to see if he's good at it!"

The next day.

Reporters prepared a piece of news: "MV-style acting, Xu Chen's stereotypical lewd and thief acting style."

This news attracted many newspapers in the Mainland to echo the news, causing a lot of uproar and confusion.

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Saturday, February 17th.

Although the New Year has passed, schools have not started, and a large number of restless young people with no entertainment are wandering on the streets.

In this era, there were no mobile phones or computers, and the entertainment methods were very simple. Either reading novels or watching TV, and movie theaters were more expensive entertainment methods.

Although it was expensive, girls liked Xu Chen and had no choice but to spend money to watch the movie.

White-collar workers, state-owned enterprises and public institutions, and public officials are the main group of moviegoers. However, due to the scarcity of movies in TV theaters, they can only choose to watch "Love Malatang".

Due to various factors, on the first day of the release of "Love Spicy Hotpot" in Beiping, the movie market was as no less noisy as Feng Xiaogang's Lunar New Year movie "Party A and Party B" before the New Year.

Xu Chen made his first appearance on the big screen, and he gave himself 60 points, which was a passing level, and the rest was gone...

No matter how high the box office of the movie is, it has nothing to do with the actors, or even the director Zhang Yang.

He is an employee of the film studio, and he does not get any share from the film, only a fixed salary of 800. If the box office of the movie is good, it is estimated that the film studio will give him a commendation at the end of the year and a bonus of several thousand.

The actors don't matter. The biggest beneficiaries of the movie are Xu Jinglei, Xu Chen, and Gao Yuanyuan. Others Wang Xuebing, Guo Tao, and Xu Fan have one more movie in their resumes.

Xu Jinglei has made a lot of popularity in front of domestic audiences, and some people call her "Xu Chen's girlfriend".

Xu Jinglei called Xu Chen to apologize, saying that she had caused trouble to Xu Chen, asked Brother Chen to forgive her, and thanked Brother Chen for his support, and wanted to repay Xu Chen.

Xu Chen refused with righteous words!

Of course

Although Xu Chen is calm and composed.

"Love Spicy Hot Pot" brought a surprise to the mainland film industry, but it was no less than a magnitude 10 earthquake!

A new director, an ordinary and vulgar script, a group of second- and third-rate actors, but the achievements and movements made by them were more sensational than those of first-line directors!

The fifth-generation directors in China are indifferent to fame and fortune, and the sixth-generation directors are grassroots heroes.

The only one who really pays attention to commercial films is Feng Xiaogang.

As the leader of domestic commercial films, Feng Xiaogang's film "Party A and Party B" is a gem in the front, and Zhang Yang's film "Love Spicy Hot Pot" is behind.

In the face of the reporter's interview, Feng Xiaogang gave his own opinion: "It's rare in China. There are movies with the Four Heavenly Kings and movies without the Four Heavenly Kings in Hong Kong. The audience will definitely watch the Four Heavenly Kings. Similarly, the mainland will shoot Xu Chen's movies, and the audience will definitely watch and like to watch them. Is his acting important? It doesn't matter. It's enough for him to have that face!"

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The movie is over.

The most urgent task facing Xu Chen is the shooting of the BBK and Qinchi wine advertisements!

The original version of the BBK ad was shot by Jet Li.

Old Li dances with a sword in the desert, with great vigor and beautiful movements.

Xu Chen naturally does not have the same solid martial arts skills as Old Li.

The content of his ad is very bloody!

On the busy streets of the city, the traffic is like a dragon, and the little girl is standing alone in the middle of the road. The danger is coming in an instant. A large truck is running rampant and is about to hit the little girl and tear her into pieces!

At this time...

Xu Chen drove a Porsche and appeared on the stage in a suit and leather shoes. At the critical moment, Xu Chen jumped out of the car and stepped on the large truck in a chic manner...

He pressed the pause button of the BBK VCD in the air!

Time paused instantly, and Xu Chen calmly carried the little girl away.

Shit!

Xu Chen wanted to complain about this ad. He was flying twenty meters away with a wire and doing Thomas turns in the air, but he pressed the VCD pause button.

The ad was shot at a crossroads in Chaoyang District.

Xu Chen had no experience with wirework, and the 10-second commercial took from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. to shoot.

The shooting was finished.

Work assistant Li Xue came to him with her phone, squinting and smiling. Xu Chen was slumped in his chair like a lazy dog, breathing in more than he could breathe out.

"Brother Chen, it's Director Zhang Yimou's call."

"How dare Lao Mouzi look for me." Xu Chen mourned for Zhang Yimou.

The mainland newspapers have been restless these days. The box office of "Love Spicy Hot Pot" is rising day by day, and all the demons and monsters in the mainland want to get a piece of the pie.

Xu Chen is the most famous, so he naturally became the target of public criticism. People said that his acting skills were exaggerated, that he had a lewd image, and that he had a paralyzed performance...

"Brother Zhang!" Xu Chen respected Zhang Yimou very much, and called him Brother Zhang to give him face!

On the phone, Zhang Yimou paused, and was stunned by Xu Chen's words Brother Zhang.

After two seconds of being stunned, he didn't care about the name and said with a smile: "Xu Chen, the movie will interview actors on February 28th. You are the screenwriter, don't forget to come."

"Okay!" Xu Chen agreed immediately.

Lao Zhang was taking advantage of him, and he was going to do something powerful for Zhang Yimou.

The creative idea of ​​the "Qin Chi Wine" advertisement was born from the movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", which was the scene where Zhang Ziyi and Michelle Yeoh were in the poplar forest.

Zhang Yimou's movie "House of Flying Daggers" also has it.

"Qin Chi Wine" is an important part of Gao Yuanyuan's goddess plan, and this advertisement will be broadcast on CCTV.

If the shooting level is high, it will be of great help to improve Gao Yuanyuan's audience popularity.

In the mainland film industry, who can be more proficient in lens aesthetics than Zhang Yimou!

Lao Zhang was taking advantage of him, and Xu Chen was ready to increase the intensity: "Lao Zhang, help me carry the camera!"

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Just when Xu Chen was shooting the advertisement.

In the dormitory of the Central Academy of Drama, Zhang Ziyi also received an invitation from Zhang Yimou for a movie interview.

The Central Academy of Drama starts very late, in early March.

In the new school year, the 1996 class of the Central Academy of Drama officially entered the sophomore year. For the Central Academy of Drama, the sophomore year is still just a freshman year. The entertainment industry is glamorous to them, just like the bizarre neon lights in the screen window.

But for the 1996 class of the Central Academy of Drama, there is a huge gap in their lives just after the sophomore year.

Some people failed the final exams, and their studies tortured them to death. They even had the idea of ​​dropping out of school. This is Zhang Ziyi.

Some people are campus goddesses. Before their debut, they have gained countless fans and are sought after by the industry. They are Zeng Li and Zhang Tong.

It would be fine if they didn't know each other normally, but it's a pity that Zhang Ziyi and Zeng Li and Zhang Tong live in the same dormitory.

They see each other every day. Whenever they meet Zhang Tong, Zhang Ziyi will be angry.

She has a stubborn personality and has never been inferior to others in her life!

Xu Chen chose her instead of me.

Zhang Ziyi secretly vowed that she would work hard, work hard, and work hard again to make a name for herself. She said to Xu Chen in front of him: "Xu Chen, thank you for not choosing me back then, otherwise I wouldn't be who I am now!"

Thinking of Xu Chen's regretful, painful, and remorseful face, Zhang Ziyi felt energetic.

Now.

Her chance has come!

Interview for the female lead of Zhang Yimou's movie "My Father and Mother"!

Compared with Xu Chen, Zhang Yimou has stronger strength and reputation in the film industry and has a higher status.

"Xu Chen! I will make you regret it!" Zhang Ziyi looked at herself in the floor-length mirror.

She clenched her fists and cheered herself up: "Come on! Zhang Ziyi!"